New Jersey’s Albio Sires (D, NJ-8) is the latest House Democrat to announce his intention to forgo a reelection campaign in 2022 according to a Sunday report from The New Jersey Globe.
Sires – whose most recent notable accomplishment was questioning Antony Blinken from his closet – is now the 21st Democrat this cycle to either retire or opt to run for a different office. A rising number of open seats presents a major math problem for Speaker Nancy Pelosi whose current majority stands at only 8 seats (221-213) forcing her to rely on procedural tricks like proxy voting to maintain control.
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The departing Democrat’s Northeastern Jersey seat which includes Elizabeth and parts of Jersey City and Newark is unlikely to flip; unless there’s a huge redistricting curveball, the current CD-8 is rated D+24 by the Cook Partisan Voting Index.
